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The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk is a highly modified version of the British BAE Systems Hawk land-based training jet aircraft.Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems), the T-45 is used by the United States Navy as an aircraft carrier-capable trainer.
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A-6E Intruder, P-3 Orion, T-45 Goshawk: Honeywell Aerospace Technologies (subsidiary of Honeywell) AN/APN-203: High range radar altimeter: AN/APN-215: Multimode X-band sea search terrain-mapping weather radar, nearly identical to AN/APN-234 [80] RU-38A Twin Condor: AN/APN-217: Doppler navigation sensor compatible with LAMPS III
The codes given in the chart below usually tell the length and width of the components in tenths of millimeters or hundredths of inches. For example, a metric 2520 component is 2.5 mm by 2.0 mm which corresponds roughly to 0.10 inches by 0.08 inches (hence, imperial size is 1008).
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The seven internal fuel tanks have a capacity of 2,655 L (701 US gal), five in the fuselage and two in the wings. An additional 1,710 L (452 US gal) of fuel can be carried in the three external fuel tanks. [11] T-50 trainer variants have a paint scheme of white and red, and aerobatic variants white, black, and yellow. [44]
This is a list of T-45 Goshawk losses. As of August 2022, about 33 T-45 Goshawks have been destroyed in accidents, or about 15% of the inventory, at a rate of about 1 per year. At least 7 crew members have suffered fatalities.
The United States Air Force and Navy were both seeking new aircraft when Robert McNamara was appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense in January 1961. [1] The aircraft sought by the two armed services shared the need to carry heavy armament and fuel loads, feature high supersonic speed, twin engines and two seats, and probably use variable geometry wings. [2]